The editors of Paste magazine wondered: who are the best living songwriters around. They gathered a team of 50 musicians and writers and put together a list of the top 100. On this edition of All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen talks with Paste magazine editor Josh Jackson, the arts editor for NPR News, Bill Wyman and songwriter Mary Gauthier. They discuss great songwriters, life-changing songs and the art and craft of songwriting.
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— Highway 61 Revisited
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2 of
— Tim
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3 of
— Ten Easy Pieces
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4 of
— Illinois
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— 1
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6 of
— Various Positions
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— John Prine
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— Transformer
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9 of
— Never Mind the Bollocks
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— Mercy Now
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— Anthology
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